Improvement in washing-machines



EDWIN A. PARK.

lmproveme nt in Washing Machines. No.124,695.

Patented March 19, 1872.

PATENT Drrron.

- I EDWIN A. PARK, HARPERSFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,695, dated March19, 1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Washing Machines,invented by ED- WIN A. PARK, of Harpersfield, Ashtabula county, State ofOhio.

My invention relates t) improvements inv to the connection of the hooksused to hold the ends of the large fluted roller in placewith each otherby means of a bar attached at its ends to the tops of the hooks. Theobjects of this part of my invention are to keep the hooks in a properposition, and to assist the operator in adjusting the pressure of thefluted roller upon the articles passing through the process of washing.

Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodyin g my invention. Fig.2 is an elevation, showing that end of the machine which is at the lefthand in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a view of the top of the machine asviewed in looking downward upon the machine, the large iluted rollerbeing removed. Fig. 4represents the facings in the slots of thestandards. A is the base of the machine. a is an extension of the baseA, adjustable, by a pin, 01", at d, through holes 0 c in the tongue battached to the lower side of the base. e e are points for holding themachine in place while in use. B are standards, fastened to the basenear its ends, having vertical slots h h, in which the journals of thefluted roller work. 0 is a large fluted roller, which has its bearingsin the hooks F F, connected by the bar G, and is held in place by thesprings E E, fastened to the base A. ff are journals of the flutedroller 0, passing through the slots h h in the standards B B, and havingtheir bearings in the hooks F F. g is the crank ,by which the flutedroller is revolved. D D represent four small smooth rollers, which arehung between the standards and have their bearings in the same. They areplaced around the under side of the large fluted roller in such'a mannerthat the peripheries of the rollers just come in contact with theperiphery of the fluted roller when this is in its lowest position.

F F are hooks, connected at the bottom with spiral springs E E by tenonsintroduced into the upper ends of the spiral springs, and held in placeeither by means of a spiral groove around the periphery of the tenonscorresponding to the form of the interior of the spiral spring, or inany other convenient manner; and connected at the tops of the hooks tothe lower side of a bar, G, near its ends, by tenons i 'i at the upperend of each hook, by means of which connection with the bar the hooksare held in upright position,and the operator is enabled to rest uponthe bar and press the large fluted roller down upon the articles duringthe process of washing.

The machine is adjusted in use to the tub with which it is used byadjusting the extension at of the base A to the inside diameter of thetub at the line of attachment of the ma chine, and placing the points ofthe base at the right hand in Fig. 1 against the interior side of thetub, and the points in the end of the extension (0 against the oppositeside of the tub, a little lower than the line of attachment on the rightside, andthen pressing the machine downward, and causing the extensionato fall into a line parallel with the base A, forcing the points intothe sides of the tub, holding the machine firmly in place 5 and alsopressing the machine a little further down, so that the machine shallrest upon the extension at a small angle with and below the base A, forthe purpose of preventing the machine from rising out of position byuse. The clothes are fed between the fluted and the four smooth rollers,and the crank turned, which draws the clothes between them, the flutedroller being held to its work by the spiral springs. The springs areassisted by pressure upon the bar G by the operator.

I claim as my invention- 1. The extension at and tongue b, connected bypin (1, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

2. The connection of hooks F F by bar G, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore set forth.

EDWIN A. PARKE. Witnesses: 1 WM. KEYES, GHnsTER (J. WRIGHT.

